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MONEY RECEPTAELE. (Application led July 23, 1901.)

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JOSEF WALFISOH, OF MUNICH, GERMANY.

MONEY-I-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,761, dated December10, 1901. Application led July 23,1901. Serial No. 69,423. (No model.)

Myinvention relates to an improved moneyreceptacle arranged to deliverits contents at certain predetermined intervals.

The object of my invention is to provide a device in which money can beplaced and which after the lapse of a certain time. will discharge saidmoney, but which prior to the lapse of said time will prevent theremoval of said money.

With this object in view my invention consists in the features, detailsof construction,l

and combination of parts which will first be described in connectionwith the accompanying drawings and then particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical central section of an apparatusembodying my invention; Fig. 2, a detaill sectional view of themechanism for actuating the stop device; Fig. 3, a detail plan view ofthe stop device. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4; Lt of Fig. 8.

In the drawings, A is a clock-casing containing the usual clockmechanism, whose minute-hand is shown at c and the shaft thereof at b.The usual hour-wheel of said clock mechanism is indicated at f. Upon thesaid shaft b is mounted a worm d, connected rigidly to the hour-wheel f,whereby thefwormd, is not affected by the adjustment of the hands of theclock, as will be obvious to those skilledin the art.

bearings h', secured upon a money-container L', made in the form of atube and securedto the under side of the clock-casing The lower end ofthe shaft h carries ajstcpdevice 7c in the form of an armfrictionallysecured to the said shaft by a pin t', Figui. y The stopdevice k is provided with a notch in itslower surface, as shown in Figa,into which the pin t enters, thus increasing the frictional The worm dengagesga worin-` wheel g, fixed upon a shaft h, mounted iny connectionbetween the shaft h and the stop device 7c. The moneycontainer L isprovided with va follower T, whose lower portion is contracted indiameter, as indicated at t. The follower T is normallypressed downwardby suitable yielding means-as, for example, by a helical spring u.

The clock-casingA and its attached moneycontainer Ll are supported by ahollow pedestal L, into which the money-container L projects, the shafth being in the space between the Wall of the pedestal L and that of themoney-container L. In the same space and directly opposite the shaft his mounted a catch-rod Q, pivoted at the lower end to a dog o, which isfulcrumed to the inner wall of the pedestal, the nose s of said dogbeing arranged to enter and project through a slot Z in the lower end ofthe money-container L. The upper end of the catch-rod is connected to acatch p, pivoted at p to the inner wall of the pedestal, the said catchbeing arranged to enter a notch in a keeper n, secured to the under sideof the clock-casing A and projecting downward between themoney-container and the pedestal. The said catch-rod. is normallypressed downward by a spring fr, which bears against a collar q andagainst the boss Z2. The pedestal L is provided with a base L2, in whichis located a tray M.

The operation of the device is as follows: Assuming that the money(either as coins of a diameter substantially equal to the interiordiameter of the money-container or placed in small boxes Z, which havesuch a diameter as to fit loosely in said money-container) is placed inthe money-container between the follower T and the stop device 7c andthe `clock set in operation, the worm cl will slowly revolve, andthereby will rotate the worm- 'wheel g and shaft h, thus slowly movingthe stop device 7o from beneath the money or boxes, upon which event thesaid money or boxes will thereupon drop down into the tray M. l/Vhilethe money is in the money-container the nose s of the dog o will beprevented from projecting through the slot and into the money-container,because it will come into contact with the edge of the lowest coin orbox l; but upon the discharge of the v money the said nose s will befree to swing into the interior of the money-container under the actionof the spring r, whereupon the rod Q will be drawn downward and thecatch notch-and-pin connection between the stop device 7c and the shafth when the `stop device passes from beneath the money or boxes and comesinto contact with the side of the base of the device the stop devicewill ride up so that the pin i will leave the notch, thus allowing theshaft h to proceed with its rotation. In this way the clock is notstopped when the money is discharged. By replacing themoney-container inthe pedestal the nose s of the dog will be forced outward and the catchp pushed into engagement with its keeper, the catch-rod Q springingenough to permit this, thus locking the pedestal to lthe money-containerin such a manner that no access can be had to the money until the clockmechanism has discharged it.

As the shaft b of the minute-hand c makes one revolution in one hour,the time which elapses before the machine will discharge its contentsdepends upon the number of teeth in the worm-wheel g, and I consider itpreferable to employ twenty-four teeth in said gear-wheel, whereby themachine will discharge its contents every twenty-four hours.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a money container, of means for locking thesame against access when it contains money.

2. The combination, with a money container, and means for closing thesame against access, of mechanism for operating said closing means topermit access to the money# container, and a device controlled by themoney in' the money-container and arranged to hold said operatingmechanism out of ac'-y tion, whereby the money-container is held closedwhile it contains money and is unlockedwhen it is empty.

3. The combination, with a money con tainer, a follower movable therein,and a spring arranged to act with yielding pressure on said follower, ofa stop device, arranged to swing beneath the money-container, a clockmechanism arranged to swing said stop device from beneath said containerafter a predetermined time and a tray arranged toreceive` the money whendischarged from the container by the follower and spring.

Il. The combination, with a clock-casing, a money-container secured tothe under side of the clock-casing, and a pedestal into which said moneycontainer projects rand upon which said clock-casing rests, of a lockingdevice arranged to secure the money-container against removal from thepedestal, and a dog arranged to maintain the locking device in itslocked position when the moneycontainer contains money.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEF WALFISCH.

Witnesses:

EPHRAIM WALFIscH, MAME AIGNER.

